April 1, 2007
One of these ridiculous hand-wringing disaster movies that are now impossible to take seriously after Airplane!
Barbara Hale, Barry Nelson, Burt Lancaster
In one frenzied 12-hour period at a major airport, manager Mel Bakersfeld must deal with a powerful blizzard, a blocked runway and a mentally disabled passenger carrying a bomb.
DVD Release Date: January 15, 1999
Stats: 275 reviews
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November 20, 2009This movie started out very slowly, focusing primarily on character development and giving an excellent glimpse into the everyday operations of a major aiport. But once the action picked up, and the characters were fleshed out, it turned out to be quite entertaining.
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October 4, 2009I'm old enough to remember how popular this flick was way back when. Then there was those Leslie Nielson spoofs that were so great. Seeing the original again is now hilarious. It's so funny to think how much we liked it when it first came out. What were we thinking?? Oh well...( read more)
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September 27, 2009What melodrama! But it is great fun and certainly it's entertaining. Burt Lancaster overacts to the hilt, but Helen Hayes is a delight, Maureen Stapleton and Van Heflin give fine performances as well. Jacqueline Bisset has rarely been more beautiful. This is the disaster film tha...( read more)
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September 4, 2009Watching this movie again 37 years after I saw it the first time in the theaters is kind of bizarre. I saw it the first time at the movie theater in downtown Guthrie, Oklahoma. When I saw it as a kid, I had never flown. It seemed plausible and was a good disaster movie. In fact ...( read more)
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January 11, 2009The old disaster movies are great, Airport altho is one of the slightly weaker ones, it is full of comedy, action, and slow working thrills. It is amazing how dated the content seems but lets face it it was almost 40 years ago. It still stands strong against the attempts of now...( read more)
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November 11, 2007Airport this Awesome Film!One of the best films i saw!Helen Hayes played perfect all actors played great.Arthur Hailey novel,emazing film!Joe Patroni also one of the best roles!
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